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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11328
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14181
13 Actual Demand 11042
14 Aggregate Planning 11979
15 Air Cargo 9889
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6500
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34637
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15227
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18997
20 Assembly Line 21802
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22747
22 Average Speed of Answer 26422
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22809
24 Batch Production 37840
25 Bill Discounting 14244
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10944
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6986
28 Blanket Release 9830
29 Bonded Warehouse 9919
30 Booking Number 13524
31 Bottleneck 9319
32 Buffer Stock 58617
33 Build to Stock 12784
34 Bullwhip Effect 9376
35 Business Logistics 25271
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12390
37 Capacity Management 39886
38 Capacity Utilization 13878
39 Capital Intensive 8198
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8495
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11932
42 Certified Supplier 8859
43 Channel Effectiveness 8818
44 Co-Destiny 9113
45 Co-managed Inventory 12284
46 Co-Packers 11610
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6694
48 Computer-Based Training 7560
49 Consular Invoice 19455
50 Container Depot 10448
51 Container Freight Station 10175
52 Continuous Replenishment 19288
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11910
54 Contract Carrier 7238
55 Contract of Affreightment 11267
56 Control Charts 7825
57 Cost Flow 10134
58 Courier Service 15000
59 CPFR 8075
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11617
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43666
62 Date Code 17919
63 Days of Supply 19601
64 Dead on Arrival 9039
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7157
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7945
67 Detective Control 8757
68 Devanning 14074
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10690
70 Dispatching 23962
71 Distributed Inventory 8223
72 Distribution Channel Management 34303
73 Distribution Metrics 8862
74 Distribution Planning 24003
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14981
76 Double Marginalization 52365
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22097
78 Dual 5334
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20402
80 Echelon Inventory 25953
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38063
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49165
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7479
84 Efficient Frontier 25159
85 Engineer-to-Order 31436
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16110
87 Erlang B Formula 9179
88 ETD 8167
89 Ex Works 7727
90 Exception Rate 13257
91 Exponential smoothing 9689
92 External Growth 9894
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9280
94 Field Services 7640
95 Field Warehouse 9763
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8557
97 Fishbone Diagram 14429
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26707
99 Flow Through Distribution 12139
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8010
101 FOB Destination 12819
102 Forward buying 29841
103 Freight Charge 10177
104 Freight Consolidation 7397
105 Gantt Chart 8176
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11540
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29316
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12513
109 Hub 23178
110 Idle Time 7931
 
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